THE
PALACE OF MINOS
A COMPARATIVE ACCOUNT OF THE SUCCESSIVE
STAGES OF THE EARLY CRETAN CIVILIZATION
AS ILLUSTRATED BY THE DISCOVERIES
AT KNOSSOS
By SIR ARTHUR JVANS
D.LITT., ETC., F.R.S., F.B.A., ROYAL GOLD MEDALLIST R.LB.A.
GOLD MEDALLIST SOC. ANTS. LOND.
FOREIGN MEMIIEK OF THE R.ACAD. OF THE I.INCEI, OF THE BAVARIAN, K DANISH, SWEDISH, AND ATHENS ACADS.
OF THE GOTTINGEN SOC. OF SCIENCES, OF THE K.ACAD. OF SCIENCES. AMSTERDAM, OF THE GBRMAN, AUSTRIAN
AND AMERICAN ARCH. 1NSTS. AND THE ARCH. SoC. OF ATHENS: CORRESPONDANT »E L'INSTTTUT DE FRANCE
HONORARY KEEPER AND PERPETUAL VISITOR OF THE ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM
IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD : HON. FELLOW
OF BRASENOSE COLLEGE
Volume IV : Part I
EMERGENCE OF OUTER WESTERN ENCEINTE, WITH
NEW ILLUSTRATIONS, ARTISTIC AND RELIGIOUS, OF
THE MIDDLE MINOAN PHASE : CHRYSELEPHANTINE
' LADY OF SPORTS ', ' SNAKE ROOM' AND FULL STORY
OF THE CULT : LATE MINOAN CERAMIC EVOLUTION
AND 'PALACE STYLE'
WITH FIGURES 1-315 IN THE TEXT, PUNS, AND
COLOURED AND SUPPLEMENTARY PLATES
MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED
ST. MARTIN'S STREET, LONDON
1935
PALACE OF MINOS
A COMPARATIVE ACCOUNT OF THE SUCCESSIVE
STAGES OF THE EARLY CRETAN CIVILIZATION
AS ILLUSTRATED BY THE DISCOVERIES
AT KNOSSOS
By SIR ARTHUR JVANS
D.LITT., ETC., F.R.S., F.B.A., ROYAL GOLD MEDALLIST R.LB.A.
GOLD MEDALLIST SOC. ANTS. LOND.
FOREIGN MEMIIEK OF THE R.ACAD. OF THE I.INCEI, OF THE BAVARIAN, K DANISH, SWEDISH, AND ATHENS ACADS.
OF THE GOTTINGEN SOC. OF SCIENCES, OF THE K.ACAD. OF SCIENCES. AMSTERDAM, OF THE GBRMAN, AUSTRIAN
AND AMERICAN ARCH. 1NSTS. AND THE ARCH. SoC. OF ATHENS: CORRESPONDANT »E L'INSTTTUT DE FRANCE
HONORARY KEEPER AND PERPETUAL VISITOR OF THE ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM
IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD : HON. FELLOW
OF BRASENOSE COLLEGE
Volume IV : Part I
EMERGENCE OF OUTER WESTERN ENCEINTE, WITH
NEW ILLUSTRATIONS, ARTISTIC AND RELIGIOUS, OF
THE MIDDLE MINOAN PHASE : CHRYSELEPHANTINE
' LADY OF SPORTS ', ' SNAKE ROOM' AND FULL STORY
OF THE CULT : LATE MINOAN CERAMIC EVOLUTION
AND 'PALACE STYLE'
WITH FIGURES 1-315 IN THE TEXT, PUNS, AND
COLOURED AND SUPPLEMENTARY PLATES
MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED
ST. MARTIN'S STREET, LONDON
1935